Building the Haskell Platform in Linux

Probably you all know how to do this, but I myself found confused when building the Haskell Platform in Linux for my first time. I was using Linux for my first time too! The first problem I encountered was to decide what linux packages install to make the ./configure successful in both GHC binary distribution and the Haskell Platform. So I collected the names of the minimum set of packages that you need to have installed before starting with GHC and the Platform in a small blog post:

If I would have to start all over again, forgetting what I have learned so far, I would fine this list very useful! This thought is what brought me here to make it public. Who knows, maybe I am saving somebody of some google searches and trials and errors.

Probably you all know how to do this, but I myself found confused when
building the Haskell Platform in Linux for my first time. I was using
Linux for my first time too! The first problem I encountered was to
decide what linux packages install to make the ./configure successful in
both GHC binary distribution and the Haskell Platform. So I collected
the names of the minimum set of packages that you need to have installed
before starting with GHC and the Platform in a small blog post:

Re: Building the Haskell Platform in Linux

Albert Y. C. Lai <trebla <at> vex.net>
2013-04-15 02:08:32 GMT

On 13-04-14 08:12 PM, Daniel Díaz Casanueva wrote:
> By the way, a random question, what's the memory of the computer you
> used to build the Platform?
I have always used my laptop with 3GB RAM. I have not measured how much
is actually needed, or what happens if I provide less.
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